Alan,

>I'm not averse to learning, and I'm beginning to recognise HTML structures. JavaScript doesn't look too friendly at the moment. Maybe it's because I haven't thrown myself into it yet.

One of the best ways to learn is to find a web page that does something you'd like yours to do and then View Source to see what JavaScript they're using and adapt that to your page.

For instance, you may be scratching your head over how to get the cursor to automatically position itself into the first input field when the web page first comes up. A look at the source code will probably reveal an "ONLOAD=" phrase in the BODY tag containing either a small piece of JavaScript or a call to a function written in JavaScript. You'll find that function elsewhere on the page.

It's not that difficult, especially if you remember that JavaScript is case-sensitive and needs a ";" at the end of the line.

>BTW can you recommend anywhere where I can get more time to do all this - I'm desperately short of it! ;-)

Gather a few good books and magazines in a comfortable place for reading and force yourself to read something for at 30 minutes a day. Always carry reading material with you, for those wait times during the day. Other than that, I guess, lose sleep -- they say you need less of that anyway, as you grow older.